Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-05 | Page 5 | Little Benny's Note Book

I LITTLE BENNY'S Notebook By LEE PAPE I " Last nlto after suppir me and ilcroy Shooster and Sklnney Martin was netting net-ting on the floor in my setting room playing dominoes, And pop was smoking smok-ing with his feet up, and all of a sud-dln sud-dln I sod, Hoy, fellows, slpposc you had r die and slppose sumbody gave you your choice of all the different ways of dying wich do "you think would be the. easiest deth? Yce gods, jest wen lm starting to feel mellow and contented, he has to go and start somthing like that, sod pop half to himself and half out loud. I know wat Id choose, sod Skinny Martin, Id havo melted chocklit' pored over me and wen it got up as far as my mouth Id start to cat it as fast as I could, and wen It went up faster than wat I could eat it Id Jest: choke to deth. That's the easiest deth 1 can think of. I know wat Id choose all rite, sed t Lcroy Shooster, Id hire a merry go, round to give me as meny free rides as l wanted, and Id tell It to go er-round er-round as fast as It could for 10,000 rides without sloping, and by that time Td be ded frum dizziniss How's that for a easy doth? " , Do you wunt to know- wat way Id choose. I sed. Id get somebody to tie mo down and stuff strawberry lee cream Into mo till my temperture went down and down till It got ro low Id be frozen to deth. That would be a slntch of a easy deth. Ivo changed mine, do you wunt to. know wat way Id "hooac? sed Skinny Martin, and pop sed, No, no 1000 times j no, now you 39 lunlllcks either playi dominoes or disband for the evening I Wlch we nlaycd dominoes.